Pulmonary venous aneurysm presenting as a middle mediastinal mass

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 1261 - 1262
• Main Authors: DeBoer, David A., Margolis, Mitchell L., Livornese, Douglas, Bell, Karen A., Livolsi, Virginia A., Bavaria, Joseph E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.1996; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Aneurysm - diagnosis; Aneurysm - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Diagnosis, Differential; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Echocardiography, Transesophageal; Humans; Intraoperative Care; Male; Mediastinal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Medical sciences; Pulmonary Veins - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Veins - surgery; Radiography; Thoracoscopy; Thoracotomy; Sonography; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Mediastinum; Aneurysm; Cardiovascular disease; Differential diagnostic; Venous disease; Esophagus; Vascular disease; Case study; Radiography; Echography; Tumor; Ultrasonic transducer; Pulmonary vein
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00980-9

A large mediastinal mass in a 43-year-old man was proven at thoracotomy to comprise a right superior pulmonary vein aneurysm. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was useful in defining the abnormality. Pulmonary venous aneurysm appears to represent an extremely rare but surgically correctable addition to the differential diagnosis of middle mediastinal masses.